A Grade 1 Area Court judge sitting at Kubwa, Abuja, Mr Abdulwahab Mohammed said to be 32-year-old, who was reported to have slumped on Saturday has died.
According to the Court’s Executive Officer Litigation, Umar Kontagora, the late Area Court judge who has been on admission at National Hospital Abuja, died at the weekend.
Kontagora said the late judge who had his tooth pulled out at the Kubwa General Hospital, had some complications and has been in and out of the hospital before his death.
Mohammed, aged 32, hails from Edo state and is survived by his pregnant wife.
According to NAN, in a recent judgment delivered on Sept. 11, Mohammed sentenced a 25-year-old store keeper, Abubakar Hussaini, to 12 months in prison, after Hussaini pleaded guilty to burning his boss’ credentials for his failure to increase his salary.
Hussaini said the complainant, Jack Jiang, a Chinese, promised to increase his salary, but failed to do so.
Hussaini had pleaded guilty to charges of criminal trespass, mischief by fire and theft, begged the court for leniency.
Mohammed, however, gave Hussaini an option to pay a fine of N20,000.